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Old 08-13-2008, 03:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Re: DIY Mod for Perfecto 10 gal Light

Nice diagram, hoppy. Cheers. The lead on my fitting is a two-pin/two-wire arangement, so I guess I'll just ignore the green wire in the diagram. Also, the housing is only plastic, so no problems with metal shorting out there. Just need to get imaginative with mounting the sockets, and Bob's yer Aunty's live in lover...
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Old 08-13-2008, 04:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Regular household aluminum foil is all that I used. It is a high quality material, even if it is cheap. I'm still not sure if aluminum foil or very good white paint is the best reflector for most lights. A lot more testing would be needed to determine that to my satisfaction, and I haven't had the time to do that.

OK. So I guess if I am going to do the pre painted Alumimum will be worth to try it like that first and checkout, unfortunately a meter is needed to be sure.
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OK. So I guess if I am going to do the pre painted Alumimum will be worth to try it like that first and checkout, unfortunately a meter is needed to be sure.
Not a bad approach, but remember, not all white paint is really white. Pure white painted materials are almost painful to look at, they are so bright. I think paints called "ultra white" or something like that are likely to be the purest white you can get.

I doubt that anything you purchase that is already white is really very white. I could be wrong about that though.
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Sherwin Williams can mix there own paint home depot and Lowe's should be able to but i never use them i have found that even the whitest paint on the market if you have them add two ounces of white it makes it more pure since paint is 98 percent water
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I just built the reflector I was getting advise from Hoppy here. I show up this in another post but here are the picture to share.

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